Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has convened a meeting of all parliamentary leaders in Senate and National Assembly in Islamabad on Monday (today) to develop consensus on revival of military courts.
The government has already tabled two separate bills for amendments in Army Act and the constitution for revival of the military courts. Pakistan Peoples Party, however, opposed both of these bills citing their reservations.
In a statement released on Sunday, Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar hoped that in today's (Monday) meeting political parties will demonstrate unity and resolve to effectively deal with the challenge of terrorism. He said the drafts of these bills were agreed upon on 28th of last month in the meeting chaired by Speaker National Assembly and attended by Parliamentary Leaders. However, some amendments to the proposed have subsequently been suggested by Pakistan people's Party and some other parties.
Finance Minister said under current circumstances the nation is looking for the united, coherent and resolute response by the political parties to effectively tackle the menace of terrorism.
He said that in the last few years, the political parties have developed a culture of consensus through dialogue on issued of national importance. He said all the political parties have demonstrated that they can rise above party politics for a national cause.
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